AR Tetrobol

Features

Issuer	Abdera (Thrace)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	311 BC - 280 BC
Value	Tetrobol (⅔)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	1.64 g
Diameter	12.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 444407
References	C-N# 199 D1/R1 Katerina Chryssanthaki-Nagle; 2007. L'histoire monetaire d'Abdère en Thrace (VIe s. avant J.-C.-IIe s. après J.-C.) / Volume 51. Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Athens, Greece. , HGC 3.1# 1230 Oliver D. Hoover; 2016. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 1. Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Slg. Wilm# 127 lot 321 Ernst Willmersdoerffer; 1925. Brandenburg in den Marken und in Franken: Sammlung Wilmersdörffer = Brandenburg in the Marche and Franconia. Otto Helbing, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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Obverse

(en) Griffin, raising forepaw, lying left on club. Inscription in exergue.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΛYKO

Reverse

Laureat z głową Apolla w prawo w liniowym kwadracie. Automatically translated

Mint

Abdera, Thrace, modern-day Avdira, Greece

Comments

Powszechnym błędnym przekonaniem na temat tego egzemplarza jest to, że gryf znajduje się na rewersie, podczas gdy Apollo jest na awersie, co wynika głównie z ogólnego opisu monety, który stwierdza, że w exergue znajduje się napis (exergue to mała przestrzeń lub napis poniżej głównego godła na monecie lub medalu). Zamieszanie wynika z faktu, że exergue prawie zawsze znajduje się na rewersie monety, jednak w tym przypadku tak nie jest.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

A common misconception about this piece is that the griffin is on the reverse while Apollo is on the obverse, this is mostly due to the general description of the coin, which states that there is lettering in the exergue (an exergue is a small space or inscription below the principal emblem on a coin or medal). The confusion comes from the fact that an exergue is almost always found on the reverse side of a coin, however that is not the case with this piece.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (311 BC - 280 BC)

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